Re: [CSS3] ltr and rtl pseudo-class proposal

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Andrew Fedoniouk wrote:

> I propose to add :ltr and :rtl pseudo classes to the Selector module.
> 
> These classes reflect value of nearest element with defined @dir
> attribute in child/parent chain of the element.
> 
> So if someone will define:
> <body dir=rtl>
> ...
> <ul dir=ltr>
> <li>Some text</li>
> </ul>
> </body>
> 
> then li element here can be styled appropriately:
> 
> li:rtl { padding-left: 0; padding-right: 10px;}
> li:ltr { padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0;}
> 
> The problem is that attribute selector [dir=rtl|ltr] tests
> only the element itself but not its environment (parent chain).
> 
> Selectors like these:
> 
> *[dir="ltr"] li,
> *[dir="rtl"] li { .... }
> 
> and their variations are not quite working for the markup above.
[...]
> Andrew Fedoniouk.

Shouldn't that be?

*[dir="ltr"] li;
*[dir="rtl"] li { .... }

You have a ',' which should be a ';'

Alan

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